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Prime Minister Mario Draghi has indicated during the G20 summit–currently taking place remotely from Rome–that Italy plans to allow visitors from mid-May onwards, without having to quarantine upon arrival. The Telegraph  reported  that a government source said that the Italian health ministry would “soon formally announce that Italy’s five-day quarantine rule would be scrapped for visitors who can show that they are negative, vaccinated or immune.” An official confirmed that this would apply not just to EU nationals but also to non-EU nationals, such as U.K. and U.S. visitors. Prime Minister Mario Draghi told the summit that “as long as you can show that you have been vaccinated or you test negative or you have immunity, then you’ll be welcome to come to Italy.” The basis of verifying that travelers arriving into the country are immune, vaccinated or tested negative would be in the form of a travel pass, a so-called vaccination passport. The EU is choosing to call this a Digit...

legally immigrate to the United States and achieve the American Dream with a green card in hand in 2021, thanks to one of the most popular visa programs. Back in April, President Trump announced a suspension in issuing green cards for 60 days. As we approach the deactivation date of that deadline, the U.S. State Department posted Saturday the winners for Fiscal Year 2021 of the  Diversity Immigrant Visa Program. The program hands out 55,000 permanent resident cards, known as green cards, each year. President Donald Trump’s promise to end it. The winners were drawn from random selection by computer from among qualified entries. The visas are available for immigrants with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S. Participants in the DV-2021 lottery can go to the  Entrant Status Check  page on the internet to learn if their entry was selected, using the confirmation number issued to them when they completed their electronic entry last year. The Entrant Stat...